New book provides practical guidance for women (and men) to rebalance our lifestyles and build Cognitive Reserve

On one of our “walk and talks” around the lush trails of Rock Creek Park in DC sur­round­ed by bik­ers, run­ners, cars and the occa­sion­al deer, Wendy and Lisa talked about aging. Wendy’s moth­er, who had her chil­dren in her ear­ly 20s, was still join­ing the family’s gru­el­ing sum­mer hikes with her chil­dren and nine…

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Top 10 SharpBrains Resources in 2015 to Navigate the Brain Health Revolution

These are the 10 most pop­u­lar Sharp­Brains resources in 2015, span­ning a wide range of brain, health & neu­rotech­nol­o­gy top­ics and avail­able in mul­ti­ple plat­forms: 1. Best prac­tices to assess and enhance brain func­tion via mobile devices and wear­ables (Slid­edeck) 2. Brain Health in the Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­ogy Era (Slid­edeck) 3. Sharp­Brains @ New York Pub­lic Library: Prac­ti­cal Advice to Keep Your Brain…

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Posit Science, developer of brainHQ brain training system, joins SharpBrains Summit Sponsors

–> Meet the world-class Spon­sors sup­port­ing the 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Novem­ber 17–19th) Our newest Spon­sor, brain­HQ, is a brain train­ing sys­tem built by Posit Sci­ence to help peo­ple be at their best through­out their lives. Under the lead­er­ship of CEO Hen­ry Mah­ncke and CSO Dr. Michael Merzenich, their team of experts designs, tests, and refines online exer­cises that…

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New market report analyzing the growing Digital Brain Health market 2012–2020

We are proud to release today what we believe is our best mar­ket intel­li­gence report so far, track­ing how ful­ly auto­mat­ed appli­ca­tions designed to assess, mon­i­tor and/ or enhance cog­ni­tion and brain func­tion­ing are trans­form­ing brain health, and health over­all. Here are a few exam­ples of what we mean by Dig­i­tal Brain Health, select­ed from among…

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Update: The Future of Preventive Brain Medicine

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Jan­u­ary 2012 eNewslet­ter, fea­tur­ing in this occa­sion mul­ti­ple thought-pro­­vok­ing per­spec­tives on how emerg­ing neu­ro­science can and should make us rethink pre­vail­ing prac­tices in edu­ca­tion, healthy aging and pre­ven­tive med­i­cine.   Fea­tured Per­spec­tives: The Future of Pre­ven­tive Brain Med­i­cine: Break­ing Down the Cog­ni­tion & Alzheimer’s Dis­ease Alpha­bet Soup, by Dr. Dhar­ma Singh Khal­sa When 1 +…

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